[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 110 (Thursday, June 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 33281]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-5197]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY


Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Approval Decision on 
Minnesota Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Approve the Minnesota Coastal Nonpoint 
Program.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the intent to fully approve the 
Minnesota Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program (coastal nonpoint 
program) and of the availability of the draft Approval Decisions on 
conditions for the Minnesota coastal nonpoint program. Section 6217 of 
the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments (CZARA), 16 U.S.C. 
1455b, requires States and Territories with coastal zone management 
programs that have received approval under section 306 of the Coastal 
Zone Management Act to develop and implement coastal nonpoint programs. 
Coastal States and Territories were required to submit their coastal 
nonpoint programs to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) for approval in July 1995. NOAA and EPA conditionally approved 
the Minnesota coastal nonpoint program on June 23, 2003. NOAA and EPA 
have drafted approval decisions describing how Minnesota has satisfied 
the conditions placed on its program and therefore has a fully approved 
coastal nonpoint program.
    NOAA and EPA are making the draft decisions for the Minnesota 
coastal nonpoint program available for a 30-day public comment period. 
If comments are received, NOAA and EPA will consider whether such 
comments are significant enough to affect the decision to fully approve 
the program.
    Copies of the draft Approval Decisions can be found on NOAA Web 
site at http://coastalmanagement.noaa.gov/czm/6217/findings.html or may 
be obtained upon request from: Helen Bass, Coastal Programs Division 
(N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS, NOAA, 
1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, phone (301) 
713-3155, x175, e-mail [email protected]

DATES: Individuals or organizations wishing to submit comments on the 
draft Approval Decisions should do so by July 10, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be made to: John King, Chief, Coastal 
Programs Division (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource 
Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 
20910, phone (301) 713-3155, x188, e-mail [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Kuriawa, Coastal Programs 
Division, (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, 
NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, 
phone (301) 713-3155, x202, e-mail [email protected].
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coastal Zone Management 
Program Administration)

    Dated: June 1, 2006.
John H. Dunnigan,
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Benjamin H. Grumbles,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, Environmental Protection 
Agency.
[FR Doc. 06-5197 Filed 6-7-06; 8:45 am]
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